Marjane Satrapi Quotes
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don't.
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The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
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Your life continues in those who continue the revolution.
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I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
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Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
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In science, technology, engineering and mathematics, men far outnumber women in the classroom and the boardroom.
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I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.
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But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
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Morally relevant emotions are essential for living in social groups and they provide the basis on which we may construct conceptual frameworks that help guide our actions, but human beings should more accurately be thought of as being endowed with morally relevant capacities rather than innate moral knowledge.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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I couldn't sit in a chair in an office all day.
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Hillary Clinton is not going to be able to create jobs, I will tell you right now.
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The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.
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The main experience, I think, is that we have managed: people moving to Norway has made Norway richer, economically, but also our culture has become more rich in many ways.
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If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.
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The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.
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I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.
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I was 11 and living in Kosovo. I knew I wanted to perform but didn't feel like I could do it there. So I moved back to London on my own at 15, carried on going to school, and started posting cover songs online. I had no idea how I was going to become a performer, but I felt like I had so many more opportunities being in London.
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I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.
